“What about you?” They were all exposed in the clear area surrounded by shrubbery and trees. Talk about sitting ducks.
“I’ll be right behind you.”
She glared at his back, not believing for one minute he would run when his people and innocent bystanders were in danger. However, her arguing would not help the matter. She needed to get out of the way so he could do what he needed to do.
“Okay.”
LarIS held up his hand and counted down from five…four…three…two…
“Now, Teagan! Run!”
She turned and sprinted for the shuttle, wishing that she took working out more seriously. Teagan was more a thinker than a bodybuilder. She glanced back as she heard whizzing sounds. Laser gun blasts came from the trees and the warriors returned fire. The Morinian council made it safely to their shuttle but Commander Kayley remained, firing her own weapon.
“Watch out, Teagan!” Lt. ComEY shouted from the entrance of the shuttle.
She had gotten distracted and tripped over a really large rock, falling down to the ground hard. Her hands went out to try to catch herself but she still ended up hitting her face. Damn, that was going to leave a bruise. When she tried to stand up, her ankle wouldn’t hold her. She’d either broken or sprained it.
“Fuck!”
“Teagan!” LemAN called out.
She looked up to see some stranger in gray running toward her with his laser blaster drawn. He was going to shoot her and, at the distance he was closing in on her, she wouldn’t survive the shot.
Teagan did the only thing she could do with death imminent. She said a quick prayer to her God. Then she prayed to Leman’s. “Goddess KatieRI, watch over my LemAN.”
Something moving to her right caught her attention. She turned just as a large body jumped in front of her. She wasn’t hit by the blaster but the body protecting her was. There was a whirlwind of noise as the warriors took control and the purist rebels were taken down. None of that mattered as she realized who it was that had taken the blast to protect her. She rolled the body over to his back.
“LemAN! No!” He was covered in blood from getting hit on his side. He was still breathing, though, thank God. He looked up at her.
“Are you…okay?”
She was crying. “Yes, but you’re not, you big idiot! Why did you do that?”
“Had…to…protect. Love you.”
“I love you, too.” His eyes shut and she freaked out. “Don’t you dare die on me, LemAN! Do you hear me? I won’t have it!”
“So…bossy.”
“You better believe it!” She looked around, grateful that LarIS and the other warriors had the situation under control. “I need a medic!”
Lt. ComEY limped up to her. “Are you injured, Teagan?”
“No, but LemAN is hit. I can’t get the bleeding to stop.”
“Let me help. I’m a medic.” A Morinian woman knelt down next to her.
Teagan watched as the woman pulled out what looked like a medical scope, except it was curved and black instead of straight and silver.
“I can stop the bleeding until nanos are injected that can repair him internally. He should be placed in an unconscious state while that is happening to prevent him from suffering pain.” The woman reached inside her pouch, pulled out a gel, and applied it to his wound then wrapped it with bandages. “That should hold him until he can be moved. Moving him will cause his bleeding to start again.”
“Thank you…”
“Medic Claudia. My mother is Leader Lidia.”
“Thank you, Claudia.”
“I’m going to go help the other injured warriors.”
